Day 2 - Schedule

Thursday 30h October 2008

Track 1 – Porter Tun

9.00 - Coffee & Registration

9.30 - Welcome and keynote
Nigel Smith, Chief Executive, OGC

10.15 - What do we mean by "complex"?
Delivering complex projects: it's not just about the project manager - Simon Henley 
Step back from chaos - Harvey Maylor and Steven Carver

11.45 - Keynote address
Sir David Normington, Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Jonathan Simcock, Executive Director, Office of Government Commerce

1.45 - What do ethics mean to you and them?
Why should project managers be ethical? and other moral questions - Eileen J Roden
Ethical success and failure - Donnie MacNicol

3.00 - Closing Plenary (including guest speaker from ISO Standard)

Track 2: Lower Sugar Rooms

10.15 - Have we got the right people doing the right projects?
Using professionalism to ensure you have the right people - Bob Assirati, OGC
tbc - tbc

11.45 - What new horizons can we see?
Project management for business start-ups - Richard Newton
Directing change: a model for business improvement - Paul Major

1.45 - How do you find that something extra?
Building project professionalism across DWP - Ian Anderson, DWP and Tony Teague, MD, Human Systems
Assessing potential in project managers - Neil Mooney, Provek and Jane Hodgen, Tata Consulting Services

Track 3: Upper Sugar Rooms

10.15 - Sustainability in projects
Properly effective conference calling - Penny Pullan
Disparate projects disparate sustainability opportunities - Adrian Pyne

11.45 - Is sponsorship and stakeholder management critical to success?
Boost the benefits delivered from complex projects: some practical frameworks that enhance the value delivered - Graham Kennedy
How blank is the paper? - Ruth Sacks

1.45 - What do complex projects tell us about project management?
Managing programme complexity: a case for change - Chris Hodson and Bob Warner
ID Cards Programme - Bill Crothers, Programme Director, Identity and Passport Service

4.15 - APM Annual General Meeting

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